San Francisco 49ers: Grading the 2009 NFL Draft 5 Years Later

It takes about five years to fully analyze a draft class.  Sure, you can say that the 2011 class looks strong for the San Francisco 49ers, thanks to Colin Kaepernick and Aldon Smith, and the 2012 class looks weak.  However, writing a class off after two years is foolish; sometimes, it takes players a few years to really adjust to NFL speed.

As the seasons go by, however, you start getting a clear picture as to how your draft actually went.  Maybe that stud you picked in the first round doesn
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